CDM Capacity Development Lessons learnt in Ghana, India, Indonesia, South Africa and Tunisia Anja Wucke DNA Forum, Addis Ababa, 6 October 2007

Content GTZ´s CDM Capacity Development activities Lessons learned from CDM Capacity Development Overview on DNA - arrangements of 5 countries Future GTZ activities

CDM - Capacity Development CDM Strategy Studies national policy, CDM project portfolio, market potential Institution building Institutional arrangements of DNA; CDM capacity building centre, national approval procedures Training and provision of information General information, sector specific workshops, contract aspects, further CDM development, newsletter “CDM Highlights” Facilitation of CDM project development Data for baseline, methodology development

GTZ activities worldwide CDM Capacity Building/ Strategies for GHG Reduction CDM Capacity Building under preparation

How to get the process started ? Identify a motivated institution Hold a series of workshops with all relevant stakeholders Governmental authorities industry and financial sector representatives NGOs, academic institutions, etc Ensure a common understanding of the CDM and the role of the DNA

What is a good institutional set-up? Divide the tasks (except small countries): Operational unit (secretariat): Inter-ministerial DNA committee Watch committee’s size ! : Max. 10 members Ensure members’ ranking for technical understanding, but also for the decision-making power

Design of project approval procedures Common procedure adopted in many countries: Submission of a PDD and country-specific documents Evaluation by the operational unit against the sustainability criteria Recommendation to the committee, who takes the final decision Allow for voluntary submission of a Project Idea Note (PIN) oral presentations by project proponent appeals against the DNA‘s decision validation by the DOE to be carried out in parallel

Definition of sustainability criteria Start from an already accepted definition of sustainability Environmental criteria Economic criteria Social criteria Define indicators for all criteria to enable an objective assessment Test the criteria

Raise the awareness of the CDM CDM Promotion Identify promising sectors and focus capacity development activities Raise the awareness of the CDM Explain the rules of the CDM and where information can be found Explain the CDM market and the financial benefits from the CDM Show that ‘CDM is real and works‘

Publish submitted PDDs as examples CDM Promotion (2) Publish submitted PDDs as examples Assist project proponents in practical PDD development Train in-country consulting firms or advisors in CDM project development Provide baseline data for promising sectors

Overview on DNA Arrangements Ghana India Indonesia South Africa Tunisia Institutional arrangements of DNA Governing council representing 5 gov. institutions or ad hoc committee decides on approval, supported by Secretariat DNA representing 8 gov. Institutions, decides o project approval, supported by Secretariat National CDM commission, representing 9 ministries, decides on approval , supported by Sec. and technical team Advisory Committee, representing 8 ministries, comments on proposed projects, final decision lies with Department of Minerals and Energy Committee representing 15 gov. institutions and stakeholder, evaluates projects and decides on approval. Supported by Secret. Preliminary DNA Assessment Voluntary PIN assessment No PIN assessment Mandatory PIN assessment

Overview on DNA Arrangements (2) Ghana India Indonesia South Africa Tunisia Public consultation Planned on DNA- Homepage and announce-ment in 2 national newspapers No specific provision, assumed to occur as part of validation PDD publication on DNAs homepage, submissions of comments from public possible No provisions yet Max. duration of evaluation PIN: 14 d PDD 61 d - PDD: 60 d PDD: 77 d PIN: 42 d PDD: 63 d PIN 15 d PDD 45 d N° of projects approved 717 24 18 2

Further GTZ activities in CDM Capacity Development Preparation of training courses in francophone subsahara Africa Support of broadening CDM impact, such as Project bundling Programme of activities Further development of CDM

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